So, who are you & what have you written? I’m Harry Bingham. I’ve written a lot of things over the years, but am currently writing the thing I’m proudest of: the Fiona Griffiths crime series. The books are technically Cardiff-set police procedurals . . . except that Fiona has very little interest in procedure and…
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INFOGRAPHIC: Crime Writing For Beginners
So I was at Crimefest, Bristol at the weekend … It’s the first time I’ve been and I found it to be a well-organised event with a good atmosphere and plenty going on. I attended panels on killer women, obsession and dark pasts in readiness for my new book, which I start writing THIS WEEK!…
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So, who are you & what have you written? My name is Paul Finch, and I’m a former cop and journalist, who – rather fortuitously, as it turned out – was made redundant once too often in 1998, and thus decided to try his hand at freelance writing. It wasn’t quite as high-risk a decision…
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So, who are you & what have you written? I’m Peter James and I’ve written 28 books, including twelve in my Brighton-based Detective Superintendent Roy Grace series. I was a film producer for many years but I realized in 2005, shortly after making the film I’m most proud of, Merchant Of Venice with Al Pacino…
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CAREER OF EVIL by Robert Galbraith WHY I LIKE IT: I’m the Harry Potter generation so will always have a soft spot for JKR’s writing, but as an avid crime reader this ticked all my boxes. What Rowling does best is perfect characterisation, and in this third Cormoran Strike book she really gets into her…
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